Metro Control Panel-> PC Settings ->Privacy- >Let apps use my location

Question

Metro Control Panel-> PC Settings ->Privacy- >Let apps use my location. How do I know whether this is "turned on' or "turned off' Programatically. I tried below. But irrespective of whether I turn on or off I am getting AsyncStatus::Error and Positionstatus as Disabled. Is this the right API?

Windows::Devices::Geolocation::Geolocator^ locator= ref new Windows::Devices::Geolocation::Geolocator ();
Windows::Devices::Geolocation::PositionStatus status=  locator->LocationStatus ;
Windows::Foundation::IAsyncOperation<Windows::Devices::Geolocation::Geoposition^ > ^ operation=  locator->GetGeopositionAsync( );
operation->Completed= ref new Windows::Foundation::AsyncOperationCompletedHandler<Windows::Devices::Geolocation::Geoposition^>( [locator] (IAsyncOperation<Windows::Devices::Geolocation::Geoposition^>^ operation, Windows::Foundation::AsyncStatus status )
{
switch( status)
{
case Windows::Foundation::AsyncStatus::Completed:
{
Windows::Devices::Geolocation::PositionStatus status=  locator->LocationStatus ;
}
break;

case Windows::Foundation::AsyncStatus::Error:
{
Windows::Devices::Geolocation::PositionStatus status=  locator->LocationStatus ;
break;
}
}
});

Answer 1

I got that to work by adding in the manifest. But now the issue is that there is a prompt which asks whether my app can use your location. I just want to know whether the location option is turned off.  I want to disable some functionality if the option is turned off. I am not interested in knowing the actual location. Is there a way to get it. I really donot want user to see the UI pop up.

Answer 2

I'm trying this one as well, starting with the simplest using js so far? Anyone got a solution?

Answer 3

I could not figure out one.